I just bought FoCal will I have to pay to access FoCal 2.1 and further releases? The transition or crossover from the old licence to the new one is a little less simple, questions and answers below should help (we will add to this list and clarify things as needed). Please note that ALL FoCal license holders are entitled to use FoCal 2.0 irrespective of the status of their included updates period. A new 12 month included updates period can be purchased, this will allow access to the more recently released versions of FoCal at a reduced cost (rather than having to buy FoCal again at full price).
When a user’s included updates period expires they will continue to be able to use FoCal at the most recent release covered by their included updates period. This includes the currently released version of FoCal and all software updates (both major and minor revisions) released over that following 12 month period. When new users purchase FoCal they are entitled to 12 months of software updates from their date of purchase. This type of change is not simple and we appreciate the crossover between the old system (which presented it’s own set of problems) and this new one might seem confusing at first but will create a more easily understood licensing model going forwards. With FoCal 2 being the first time across three years we’ve actually changed major revisions and before FoCal 2.0 hits full release we are making this change. It was never the case that a one time fee would provide a lifetime of included updates. With the introduction of FoCal 2 and the FoCal Data Subscription in FoCal Pro, things have got even more complicated, it’s time to simplify things. It’s however not so fair if, for example, you bought FoCal just after Christmas (say at FoCal 1.9.10) you’d get access to 2.0 but then need to pay for the further updates (e.g 2.1 onwards up to 2.9). The nice thing about this stop-gap position is that even if you bought FoCal in 2012 you will have access to use FoCal 2.0 and enjoy many improvements. It’s a good question but not so simple to answer, more recently we adopted a stop-gap position of saying “free update to FoCal 2.0 for all FoCal 1.x users”. One of the most frequent support tickets we see asks “ If I buy FoCal now how long will I receive updates?”. FoCal 1 users receive all FoCal 1.x updates and then pay for FoCal 2.0 to have all FoCal 2.x updates included) hasn’t worked. The first licensing policy, to charge an upgrade fee for a new major revision (e.g. FoCal 1.0 was released in January of 2012, from that time there’s been in excess of 20 significant updates leading us to where we are today, very close to the full FoCal 2.0 release.
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